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Update: BYU Store yanks same-sex marriage cards from shelves

Posted at 1:44 PM, Aug 20, 2014
and last updated 2014-08-20 22:17:23-04

Update: Officials with the BYU Store have confirmed the same-sex marriage cards have been pulled from the shelves.

BYU Spokeswoman Carrie Jenkins sent FOX 13 News the following statement: “Someone stocking shelves was not aware of our product preferences at the university, it was an accident.”

Jenkins referred to the school’s honor code when asked why the store did not wish to stock such cards.

PROVO, Utah – The BYU Store is responding after same-sex marriage cards were found on the store shelves.

The twitter account associated with the store, @byustore, tweeted this response.

A photo was posted to reddit this week showing the cards at the Brigham Young University bookstore, according to provobuzz.com.

More: See the full story from provobuzz.com